United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, Alessandro Taloni, an alleged associate of the Montreal-based Rizzuto organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. In May 2013, Taloni...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt, New York Division and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the arrest of Jeffrey Gundel, M.D. Gansevoort, New York on charges of unlawful distribution of oxycodone. Jeffrey Gundel, an orthopedic surgeon, provided oxycodone...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Eric Jacobson, a Great Neck, New York, physician, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to 19 counts of the illegal distribution of the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone. When sentenced, Jacobson faces up to nine years in prison. The...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - An Indianapolis man is facing federal narcotic charges in connection with the seizure of more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana. Earlier today, Martin Gonzalez-Medina, 50, of Indianapolis, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Gonzalez-Medina...

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that Craig Oleksowicz was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan...

MINNEAPOLIS - In a major enforcement operation starting in the pre-dawn hours this morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its law enforcement partners arrested dozens of individuals facing charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in Minnesota. Some of the individuals connected to this investigation were arrested...

MANHATTAN - James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA); Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton; Nassau County Police Acting Police Commissioner Thomas C. Krumpter; Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District...

BRONX, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton; New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D'Amico; James T. Hayes Jr...

CHICAGO - -A high-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico pleaded guilty a year ago to participating in a vast narcotics trafficking conspiracy and is cooperating with the United States, federal law enforcement officials announced. A written plea agreement with the defendant, Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, was made public today...

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. announce the arrest of John Thomas Laing, age 53, of 1608 Butternut Rd, Unadilla, NY. The announcement follows a joint two and a...